Sectional or compartment can.



. Eda/451i 14 (1% 27266 No. 819,336. 7 PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

Y E. W. OARNES.

SEOTIONAL OR OOMPARTMENT CAN.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26,1995.-

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EDWARD W. OARNES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN (JAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

350mm. OR coMPAnTiviEN-r' CAN.

Application filed June 26.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'r'atenteoi May 1, 1966.

1905. Serial no. 266,979.

furnished wi h screw-threads or other means for removably connecting it with the upper end of the lower'or next contiguous section, as illustrated, for example, in the expired patent to Wetzler, No. 116,780, of-July 4, 1871, or in the Nichols patent, No. 367,836, of August 9, 1837, or as used in lanterns for connecting the oil-cup to the sheet-metal base of the lantern. In these old construcmeans for connectm tions-the up erend of the body of the lower or removab e section of the can is not furnished with any annular top to strengthen or stiffen the same or to materially contract the opening in the upper end thereof, and thethe sections andfor closing the lower section have been defective and open to serious objections and difliculties in practical use and operation. I

The object of my invention is to provide a sectional or compartment can of a simple, strong, efficient, and durable construction in which the two sections ofthe can may be rigidly and firmly secured together, inwhich both sections of the can will have annular tops, so that the openings in the u per ends thereof may be made of any desire diameter or size, and in which the lower or bottom head of the upper section of the" can will serve as a cap to close the opening in the annular top of the lower section, and in which the upper section of the can will serve as a handle or means for disengaging the cap closure 1 of the lower section in opening the lower section of the can, and in which the ca closure for the lower section of the can wil serve as the means for rigidity and firmly connecting the two sections of the can together.

My invention consists in the means I em-. ploy to practically accomplish this object or result-that is to say, it consists in a sectional or compartment can comprising a lower section furnished with an annular top and prefin'the annular top to adapt the same to be closed by, an ordinary friction-cap closure or other suitable closure and an upper 880131011 having a bottom head provided-with an integral friction-cap bossadapted to fit in the annular top of the lower section and close the per and lower sections of the can together, 'said upper section of the can being provided ceive a friction-cap.

My invention also consists in thenovel construction of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown and described. I In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sectional or compartment can embodying my invention. Fig. 2,is a central vertical section. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a top or plan-view of the lower section, the upper section being removed; and Fig. 6 is an elevation, partly in vertical section, illustrating a modification.

In the drawings, A reprtsents the body, B the annular top, and Othe bottom head of or compartment can,'all the parts of both sections being of tin plate or other sheet metal. The annular top B is united to the can-body A by a folded or other seam a, as is also the bottom-head .C by a seamia, these .seams being soldered or not, as may be desired. .The annular top B as well as the bottom head C are preferably countersunk, the countersink-walls b c fitting inside the canbody and forming, with the seams a a, annular projecting upper and lower rims or beads b c at the upper and lower ends of this lower can-section, serving to stiffen and strengthen the same. The annular top B is rovided with a depending flange b preferab v a'friction seat-flange, adapted to receive a friction.- capclosure, such as are now commonly in use.

D is the bottom head,E the body, and F the annular top, of the upper section of my improved sectional or compartment can.

same liquid-tight and also 'to connect the up-- with an annular top having a depending an nular friction seat or flange adapted to re- 1.

the lower section, of my improved sectional.

erablyproyided with an annular depending .fiiction seat-flange surrounding the openlng ICC The bottom head D is united to the can-body E by a folded or other seam e, as is also the annular top F by a seam e, which seams may be soldered or otherwise, as desired. The bottom head D andthe annular top F are countersunk, as illustrated in thedrawin s,

' and the countersink-walls d' fit inside t e can-body E. The lower hea D of the upper section of the can is furnished with an inte- "gral downwardlyrojecting boss D, having a substantially by indrieal or slightly-tapering friction seat wall or flange d ich ens gages the friction seat wall or flange b of the annular top B of the lower section of the can and closes the opening in said. annular top 3 and also serves as the means'for firmly connecting the upper and lower sections of the can together. The friction-cap closure D for the lower section, which is integral with the bottom head D of the upper section, constitutes' a means for connect ng the two sections of the can together very firmly and rigidly in connection with the abutting 'an-' Y nular shoulders I) of the lower section and d of the u er section. These abutting annplar shou dbrs'b d also serve as a fulcrum in opening the, lower section or removing its friction-cap closure D" therefrom when the two sections are separated and the lower section opened by t pping them apart, each sec- .tionserving as aever in this openingFor separating operation. 9 The annular top e of t up er section has a depending friction seat walor flange f 'surrounding the opening therein and whichengages a corresponding seat wall or flange g of the friction-cap G, which closes the opening in the upper section. The friction-cap G has an annular horizontally-projecting folded rim g, which serves as a hold for a lever in prying off the friction cap or cover G upon the annularrim or shoulder f 2 of the can-body E as the fulcrum. v

As illustrated in Fig. 6, the annular depending flange I) of the annular top B is fur.

, nished with a screw-thread b", and the corresponding annular wall (1 of the closure D .is

furnished with screw-threads d thus affordmg a screw-closure and connection between the bottom head D of the upper section and the annular top B of the lower section of the can. I prefer, however, to use the frictioneap closure connection illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 instead of a screw-thread or other closure.

l (-lain.1 I. A sectional or compartment'can comprising in combination a lower section having an annular top, furnished with ade ending friction seat wall or flange surroun ing the opening therein, and an upper section having a bottom hezid provided with an integral boss friction-cap closure fitting in and closing the opening'in the annular top of the lower ,sec-

tlon, and connecting the two sections together, and provided with an .annular top aving a depending friction seat wall or flange, and a friction-ca fitting in and clos ing the same, substantially as specified.

2-. A sectional or compartment can comprising in combination a lower section having an annular top furnished with a de ending friction seat wall or flange surroun ing the opening therein, and an upper section havin a bottom head furnished with an integra boss fitting in the opening of the annular top of the lower section and constituting a friction-cap closure therefor and a means for connecting the two sections of the can together, substantiallyas specified. 3. In a sectional or compartment can, the combination with a lower section having a body A,annular top B and bottom 0, said annular top having a dependin flange b and a raised annular mm or shoul er 6 and an upper section having a body E and bottom head; D furnished Wlth integral boss D, an annular shoulder or rim d", said boss fitting" in and forming a closure for the annular top of the lower section and connecting the two sections together, said u per section having an annular top F furnisl ied with depending friction seat wall or flange f, an annular shoulder or rim f 2 and a friction-cap G having a folded projecting rim 'g, substantially as.

4. In a sectional or compartment can, the combination with a lower section having1 an annular top, anda flange or wall'surroun ing the o ening therein, of an u per section having a ottom head furnishe with an integral portion adapted to fit said flange or wall'surrounding the opening in the annular to of the lower section and close the opening 0 the lower section and to connect-the two sections Witnesses:

EDMUND AnoooK, I II. M. MUNDAY.

EDWARD w. CAiRNES. 

